Low risk, high reward workplace

Experiments for improving the employee experience

Is low office space occupancy impacting your employee experience?

Low occupancy in the office disincentivizes employees from commuting into the workplace, as they are unable to collaborate with their coworkers in a way that distinguishes remote work from in-person work. This creates frustration, leading to continued decreased space utilization across real estate portfolios. When there’s not a good vibe or hum of activity in the office, experience suffers.

Moreover, with fewer people in the office, it is challenging for workplace leaders to experiment and create workplace decisions. Low occupancy creates the false impression that the office is running smoothly, as fewer people lead to fewer complaints, shortages and friction. As a result, when employees need to come into the office it isn’t optimized for them and this further disincentivizes workplace use.

What is an employee experience?

Employee experience is the sum of all an employee’s experiences at their company. From the first chat with a recruiter, to onboard, and ending with their final goodbye email or sendoff.

Some of the challenges in creating impactful employee experiences include:

A lack of hard data to understand patterns in order to dynamically optimize experience in physical and digital workplaces
Increased friction from employees not being able to find the resources they need when they need them most.

Start your experiments now

Three experiments you can start doing now to improve the employee experience in the workplace

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1. Consolidate your space to see how increased space utilization impacts employee experience

2. Implement a room and desk booking software so that employees can plan for their in-person days with ease.

3. Test popular amenities in new area

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Download a free template to design your experiments

Download a PDF version of the guide to running experiments in a low occupancy world to walk you through experiment design and how to produce a business case.

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